In addition to EXPERIMENTAL and BROKEN, define the maturity level
options DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
---
we'd discussed this a while back but nothing seemed to be finalized
one way or the other so, as a followup to the exchange summarized here:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/7593
add those two new categories, without actually changing the current
status of any existing config options, so the current build should be
unaffected by this patch alone.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a3f83e2..acc0052 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
<file:Documentation/BUG-HUNTING>, and
<file:Documentation/oops-tracing.txt> in the kernel source).
- This option will also make obsoleted drivers available. These are
- drivers that have been replaced by something else, and/or are
- scheduled to be removed in a future kernel release.
+ At the moment, this option also makes obsolete drivers available,
+ but such drivers really should be removed from the EXPERIMENTAL
+ category and added to either DEPRECATED or OBSOLETE, depending
+ on their status.
Unless you intend to help test and develop a feature or driver that
falls into this category, or you have a situation that requires
@@ -40,6 +41,29 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or
drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.
+config DEPRECATED
+ bool "Prompt for deprecated code/drivers"
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ Code that is tagged as "deprecated" is officially still available
+ for use but will typically have already been scheduled for removal
+ at some point, so it's in your best interests to start looking for
+ an alternative.
+
+ Check the file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt to see
+ if a particular feature has an official scheduled removal date.
+
+config OBSOLETE
+ bool "Prompt for obsolete code/drivers"
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Code that is tagged as "obsolete" is officially no longer supported
+ and shouldn't play a part in any normal build, but those features
+ might still be available if you absolutely need access to them.
+
+ You are *strongly* discouraged from continuing to depend on
+ obsolete code on an ongoing, long-term basis.
+
config BROKEN
bool
--
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Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
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